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Re: Removing ARCNET stuffs



On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 May 2015 18:18:06 +0900
> Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
>> > What are the reasons behind removing working parts from the source tree
>> > anyway? Aren't there more important things to do?
>>
>> We're working on making the network stack MP-safe and runnable in
>> parallel. That requires an overhaul of the entire source tree.
>
> Ok. That might be important enough to sacrifice it, when there really
> is no other option.
>
> As far as I can see Arcnet is only used by the Amiga bah(4) driver.
> Isn't it possible to keep it somehow, as an MP-safe network stack would
> be irrelevant for the Amiga platform?

We could keep it with some pain, but we cannot keep it working if there is
really no user. (I'm not sure if it works or not even now.) Is it still
worthwhile?

Anyway I don't proceed this attempt ignoring your request.
I wish there were actual users though...

  ozaki-r


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